Exam question 4 · Parables: the Good Samaritan, the Prodigal Son and the Los…

Select the response consistent with the established meaning of the term «repentance».

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, establish, mean · To what, where: response, term

This is exam question 4 of lesson 14 «Parables: the Good Samaritan, the Prodigal Son and the Lost Sheep» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	amod
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 meaning	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 meaning	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 meaning	amod
8	meaning	meaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consistent	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 term	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 term	det
11	term	term	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 meaning	nmod
12	«	«	PUNCT	_	13 repentance	punct
13	repentance	repentance	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 term	appos
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 repentance	punct
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle			vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	mean			the term	nom meaning «communication transitive»: of=patient

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A turning back, comprising sorrow and a change of direction

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 turning	det
2	turning	turning	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	back	back	ADV	_	2 turning	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 sorrow	punct
5	comprising	comprise	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 sorrow	amod
6	sorrow	sorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turning	conj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 change	cc
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 change	det
9	change	change	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turning	conj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 direction	case
11	direction	direction	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 change	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	comprise	gerund							vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
2	change		direction						nom change «event intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2

A formal apology unaccompanied by any change

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 apology	det
2	formal	formal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 apology	amod
3	apology	apology	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 unaccompanied	obl:unmarked
4	unaccompanied	unaccompanied	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 change	case
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 change	det
7	change	change	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 unaccompanied	obl

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

The endurance of a penalty imposed by a court

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 endurance	det
2	endurance	endurance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 penalty	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 penalty	det
5	penalty	penalty	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 endurance	nmod
6	imposed	impose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 endurance	acl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 court	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 court	det
9	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 imposed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	impose	participle		the endurance of a penalty not said here				by a court	vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The cessation of all thought concerning past deeds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cessation	det
2	cessation	cessation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 thought	case
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 thought	det
5	thought	thought	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cessation	nmod
6	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 thought	acl
7	past	past	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 deeds	amod
8	deeds	deed	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 concerning	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	concern	gerund	all thought not said here	past deeds					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus deed=Experiencer
2	cease			all thought					nom cessation «event transitive»: of=patient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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